StageSceneLA: OPENING NIGHT is "first-rate crowd-pleasing fun" Opening Night mayhem at a second-rate Canadian theater makes for first-rate crowd-pleasing fun as Beverly Hills’ Theatre 40 presents the West Coast premiere of Norm Foster’s hilarious—and [...]

Examiner.com: Opening Night "beamed with brilliance" An overwrought director, Richard Hyde-Finch (played by Martin Thompson) is so involved with his own ego that he misses the boat that his latest production, "Whispers on the [...]

Life In LA: "Opening Night showcases some great talent" You wouldn’t expect a professional theater in Beverly Hills to welcome its patrons directly from a parking garage—and yet that’s Theatre 40, a 100-or-so-seat venue [...]

Not Born Yesterday calls Opening Night "hilarious" With more than 40 commercially successful comedies, playwright Norm Foster is known as the “Canadian Neil Simon.” Judging from “Opening Night” it’s a well-earned title. In this hilarious [...]

LA Weekly: Opening Night has "pitch-perfect performances" This mildly entertaining backstage comedy about the ill-fated debut of an awful play features a talented cast under Bruce Gray's able direction. But Norm Foster's screwball story [...]

Broadway World: OPENING NIGHT delivers "uber belly laughs and miles of heart" As backstage comedies go, Opening Night is not on a par with the farcical Noises Off or with the flamboyant My Favorite [...]

Accessibly Live Off-Line: OPENING NIGHT is "very funny and just as enjoyable" Norm Foster's OPENING NIGHT, a comedy about the titled time period where a community theater presents a stage presentation of a grand [...]

Actors Entertainment: Opening Night is a "delightful backstage comedy" Arrogant directors, insecure actors and culture starved audience members are among the eccentric but unforgettable characters in this delightful backstage comedy Opening Night.Anyone associated in [...]